Improvement in fastenings for buttons



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EDWARD BRADY, oE PHILADELPHIA,` PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters PatentNo. 96,544, dated November 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT -IN FASTENING-S FOR BUTTONS.

TheSchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all who/m 'it may concern :l

Be it known that I, EDWARD BRADY, of the city of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inButton-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be. a full,clear, and exact description of the' saine, reference being had totheaccompanying drawing-which is made a part of this specication-- Myinvention consists in the provision of a suitable bar, attachedcentrally by a swivel-joint to the under side of the button proper, andoperating by being passed through a slit orbutton-hole, in the articleto which the button is to be attached, and turned across said slit orbutton-hole, to fasten the button in place, the button being'. removed,when desired, by simply turning said bar in linewith the slit orbuttonhole, through which it is inserted, and withdrawing it therefrom.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my said inventionappertains, to make and use the same, I will proceed to further describeits construction and operation.

Figure 1, in the drawing, is an under-side or back view of a button,having my improved fastening, as

' applied to a garment or other article, a pieceof which 'is shown.

Figure 2 is a sectional edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a front View of the form of button shown in the otherigures.

.The button A is provided with a shank, a, adapted to support, at asuitable-distance-from the button, a bar, B, attached centrally thereto,and by a loose or swivel-joint, so as to turn thereon. y

A slit or button-hole, O, of about the same length as the bar B, isprovided in the gai-ment or other article to which the button is to beattached, lor in each ofthe several thicknesses to be united thereby.

The bar B is passed edgewise through the slit and' turned across it, asrepresented in lig. l, when the fastening is complete.

Itmay be locked in that position by flanges or lugs b thereon, engagingover the border or binding of said slit, as represented, or by othersuitable means.

lhe several parts of the device may be made of any suitable material,form, and size.

I propose making the shank or connection a, or a portion of the same, ofsome elastic substance, so as to adapt the button to accommodate itselfto di'erent thicknesses, and enable it better `to clamp together severalfolds or thicknesses.

The device is very simple and strong, and adapts the buttons to be Inostreadily and expeditiously ap-A plied aud removed.

The swivelling of the bar adapts it to be turned, l

without moving the button, andprevents the accidental `movement of thelatter, turning said bar, and thus detaching itself. Y

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new therein, and desire to secure yby Letters Patent- Theswivelled bar B, constructed with stops b, in

combination with a suitable button, A, substantially y. ,as and for thepurposes set forth.

EDWARD BRADY.

Witnesses: g

MARGARET HALL, MARION' 1.- BRADY, GETTY. A. BRADY.

